Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-20
SARATOGA"
A Synopsis of the Society Drama
to be Presented To- Morrow
Evening.
The Valley City Railroad Acct.
Mountaineering Grist OF
Local Laconics.

Local Laconics.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE TOMORROW
NIGHT.
A sketch Of Saratoga, to be Produced by the
Custer Dramatic Association.
Tomorrow night the combined and
accumulated beauty, talent and dra-
matte ability Of the Custer Dramatic
Association will burst upon q Miles
City audience; the vehicle of its con-
veyance being the irresistible society
comedy OF Saratoga. Bronson How.
ard, its author, has written many
plays for the amusement Of metropoli.
tan audiences and never yet scored .
failure, but among his long list Of sue
cesses, he accords to Saratoga the first
place, as brightest and wittiest In dia-
logue-most ludicrous In situation,
having the best sustained plot for q
play Of light character, and affording
an opportunity Of the hsndsomest
stage pictures.
The play opens at the Academy Of
Design In New York city, the occasion
being al artists reception, In which
the ladies and gentlemen appear In
evening dress; the opportunity to look
superlatively handsome will be en-
braced by the ladies to the fullest ex-
tent, while the gentlemen committed
to the irreproachable but subdued
tail" and accessories will
form fitting background and foil to
loveliness of the fair sex.
The action Of the play hinges on tire
extreme susceptibility of Bob Sackett,
. young lawyer and society man, to
the Establishments of the fair sex, and
In outlined In the first act. In an inter-
view between Sackett and his chum,
Jack Benedict, which occurs at the
reception, in which Sackett discloses to
his friend that through his unfortun.
ate falling he finds himself engaged To
three different ladies, Effie RemiDg-
ton, Virginia Vanderpool and Mrs.
Aston, N rich aud dasbing widow.
Although cOnfessedly in dilemma,
he |. not proof against his weakness,
and his presence at the reception is TO
meet las he supposes) another young
lady, whose existence he has become
aware OF through the medium Of q
personal" in the Herald, and whom
he Is to recognize by her wearing a
rosette, he being Identified by wearing
q white rosebud. 1t so happens that
each Of his fiancees are present at the
reception and one after the other meet
him. With each he exchanges the
most ardent prot-stations Of continued
love. In meeting Effie, however, he
discovers by the rosette that she wears
that she IL the writer Of the "personal'
and the object OF his search, while she
1t the same time makes the discovery
that her devoted Robert 10 not averse
TO an outside Irritation. As each
have been caught in their own trap. q
mutual concilistiou follows, and the
act closes With . ludicrous scene In
which Sackett falls through q picure
that has been the life work Of an en-.
thusiastic artist.
The second act introduces the char
scters enjoying summer at Saratoga
Springs, the scene representing the
spring house and grounds. Here Ben.
edict has met Mrs. Alston, whom he
had know and loved before her mar.
riage, and she being now a widow. Re
has again laid siege to her heart with
q fair show of success. Sackett learn.
ing that the three ladies IN whom he
lie engaged are to summer ut Saratoga
goes to the Green mountains. where
he has an adventure In which he res
cues lady from the dangers Of run
away, and of course falls In love with
her. This last object Of his affection
Mrs. Lucy Carter. is q bride of thre,
weeks standing, welded to an elderly
and irasciSle gentleman. Hon. VIM
Carter, who with his son, Frederick
Augustus, q young gentleman Of the
dude order, is on q wedding tour
immediately after the accident, the
party betake themselves to Saratoga,
and Sackett, thoroughly mashed" !"
follows them, appearing unannounced
to Ben nedict, to whom he details the
last affair OF his heart, and being for
obvious reasons compelled /. keep
hidden himself, engages the services
Of his friend 10 hunt up his fair un.
known for him. Mr.. and Mrs. Carter
being guests at the Springs Of course
become acquainted with the other
characters, and the act closes with q
graphic description OF the Green noun.
tain accident, and his friends ardent
attachment for the unknown lady,
which is intensely amusing from the
fact that none but Mr.. and Mrs. Car.